respo22
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respo22
@respo22.bsky.social
Some things I enjoy
Music (Dream Theater, Nightwish, Metallica, Floor Jansen)
Sports (Islanders, Jets/Bills {I know, I know}, DFS, gambling)
Science
Food
Family
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It's necessary to keep pointing out: all this is not because ICE wants to deport murderers and rapists. It's because ICE is going to Home Depot parking lots, courthouses, and elementary school graduations to round up peaceful families, many seeking asylum, which means they are here legally.
🚨BREAKING: A military Blackhawk helicopter is unloading dozens of boxes of weapons and ammunition in Los Angeles “as if they were getting ready for a major battle.”
June 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Was going to post a bunch of stats about how amazing Jackie Robinson was a player, but why? They aren't making a fact-based argument, they're just racists. They're diminishing him because they're racist.
March 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.
Leavitt: "We are encouraging illegal immigrants to actively self-deport to maybe save themselves from being in one of these fun videos."
March 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.
February 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽
January 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.
January 30, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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We grew up so poor we played Hungry Hippos. Couldn't afford the version with the second "hungry". The hippos could eat, but they'd had a light lunch earlier and whatnot.
December 6, 2024 at 3:17 AM
December 4, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.
November 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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Shohei Ohtani takes home NL MVP in his first season on the Los Angeles Dodgers 🏆

◽️ .310 BA
◽️ 54 HR
◽️ 59 SB

He joins Frank Robinson as the only players in MLB history to win both AL and NL MVP.

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www.nytimes.com/athletic/art...
November 22, 2024 at 12:00 AM
According to this I'm 54.
Your real age is 70 minus the number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella 2025
November 21, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Trans people just want the right to exist safely as their true selves, like everyone else.

But they’ve become easy scapegoats for the GOP, who vilify them and threaten to criminalize their very existence.

It's straight from the authoritarian playbook.
November 21, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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To those still wondering why we lost a close election and what group Dems might have reached better, I say this: All this handwringing ignores the fact that more people voted for the convicted felon, sexual assaulter and insurrectionist.

Our problems run deep. Half the voters made an INSANE choice.
November 20, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people
November 19, 2024 at 2:39 PM
I've been here for over 30 minutes and haven't seen a single post that made my blood boil. Is this how life used to be?
November 12, 2024 at 6:28 PM